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Inspection and check ride in Alberta
- Thread starter riobison
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Jermechanic
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Jack Dueck Eaa Member
Jack Dueck is an EAA member/teacher who flies out of High River Alberta. He would be a good guy to ask.
"Jack is a contributing member of the EAA and is the current President of the Chapter. He is an EAA Technical Councellor and instructs SportAir Workshops all over Canada.
Jack Dueck has been a homebuilding enthusiast throughout his aviation career, now spanning fifty years. Jack restored a CF-PII, an Aeronca Chief, 11AC, a Luscombe, then "slow built" a Van's RV4 that flew in 1999. "
http://www.eaahighriver.org/members.htm
Jack Dueck is an EAA member/teacher who flies out of High River Alberta. He would be a good guy to ask.
"Jack is a contributing member of the EAA and is the current President of the Chapter. He is an EAA Technical Councellor and instructs SportAir Workshops all over Canada.
Jack Dueck has been a homebuilding enthusiast throughout his aviation career, now spanning fifty years. Jack restored a CF-PII, an Aeronca Chief, 11AC, a Luscombe, then "slow built" a Van's RV4 that flew in 1999. "
http://www.eaahighriver.org/members.htm
Pre Purchase
Ralph is knowledgeable and does good work...second that
Ralph is knowledgeable and does good work...second that
java
Well Known Member
Different experience
Sorry it didn't work out for you Paul.
I've had some dealings with Ralph at Springbank. I don't know what your experience encompassed, but I recommend him, especially if you're like me... wanting to do your own work but would like some experienced support.
At any one time, he has multiple RV's in his hangar at various stages. He's worked on dozens of RV's. Right now I believe he has a 10 that has been sitting dormant for awhile, a 6 he's building himself, a 7 that has the engine mounted and currently being wired, a 6A that was a wreck after the hangar it was in collapsed in a windstorm and he's rebuilding, his personal 6, and transient planes for annuals, mods, etc. He's also done maintenance and mods on Rockets.
He is capable of more than vanilla maintenance. He's done some very interesting things such as modifying an RV to a "round tail", to give it an antique look. Unfortunately, it is his airplane and he's too busy working on others so it isn't flying yet. I look forward to the reports when it happens.
He's an RV flyer. He has a share in a 7A and has a 6 that was neglected and he brought back to life.
He brought an Egg Subaru to life after the builder/owner was in over their head, largely figuring out how to make things work firewall forward himself. There are posts with vids on here somewhere. Last report is that it is still doing well. Don't know the hours.
I've never been turned down to borrow a tool, advice on a tricky situation, or just good discussion about RV's.
Again, sorry your experience didn't work out. For others out there, visit and see.
Sorry it didn't work out for you Paul.
I've had some dealings with Ralph at Springbank. I don't know what your experience encompassed, but I recommend him, especially if you're like me... wanting to do your own work but would like some experienced support.
At any one time, he has multiple RV's in his hangar at various stages. He's worked on dozens of RV's. Right now I believe he has a 10 that has been sitting dormant for awhile, a 6 he's building himself, a 7 that has the engine mounted and currently being wired, a 6A that was a wreck after the hangar it was in collapsed in a windstorm and he's rebuilding, his personal 6, and transient planes for annuals, mods, etc. He's also done maintenance and mods on Rockets.
He is capable of more than vanilla maintenance. He's done some very interesting things such as modifying an RV to a "round tail", to give it an antique look. Unfortunately, it is his airplane and he's too busy working on others so it isn't flying yet. I look forward to the reports when it happens.
He's an RV flyer. He has a share in a 7A and has a 6 that was neglected and he brought back to life.
He brought an Egg Subaru to life after the builder/owner was in over their head, largely figuring out how to make things work firewall forward himself. There are posts with vids on here somewhere. Last report is that it is still doing well. Don't know the hours.
I've never been turned down to borrow a tool, advice on a tricky situation, or just good discussion about RV's.
Again, sorry your experience didn't work out. For others out there, visit and see.
CPSONE
Well Known Member
Insurance reasons
I believe he meant that he will be requiring a check out in the airplane after purchase to meet insurance requirements.
I believe he meant that he will be requiring a check out in the airplane after purchase to meet insurance requirements.
gerrychuck
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I can't say so with absolute certainty, but in the past I have been able to make whatever changes I wanted during the policy year (adding, subtracting insured pilots, suspending the policy while the plane was on a leaseback, etc) with just a phone call to the broker. I would think you could get a definitive answer with a phone call to any of the insurers that people have mentioned in this thread. From personal experience, I know you could with a call to Dave Fitzpatrick and his crew at Air 1.
